Install SSL Certificate Tomcat

Download and copy your certificate files to your server

Download your SSL certificate and support files by clicking on the download link in your fulfillment email or from your GeoCerts SSL Manager account.
Download the PKCS#7 formatted version of your certificate.

Download the PKCS#7 version of your certificate to your server

Use the following command to install the PKCS#7 certificate into your keystore. You MUST use the same keystore used for your private key and CSR. keytool -import -trustcacerts -alias tomcat -file your_site_name.p7b -keystore mykeystore.jks You MUST you the same alias used when the keystore was created, in this case the alias used was tomcat

Enter your keystore password

You should get the follow response:... is not trusted. Install reply anyway? [no]: yes

Enter 'yes' and hit Enter.

You should get the following response:Certificate reply was installed in keystore

Note: When executing the command to import the SSL
certificate, you must specify the actual Alias used when you initially created the
keystore. If you are unsure of this, run the following command to see the contents
of your keystore: keytool -list -keystore mykeystore.jks -v

The SSL Certificate and intermeidate cert are now installed into your keystore.

Configure Tomcat

Locate the tomcat config file (example server.xml), the config filename can be different depending on your Tomcat version or flavour. The config file will need to be updated to reference your keystore file and password.

Open the server.xml file in a text editor (such as vi or notepad). The server.xml file is usually located in
the conf folder of your Tomcat's home directory.

Locate the connector that you want to use the new keystore to secure.

Make sure you are using the correct port (usually 443 or 8443).

If necessary, uncomment the connector. To uncomment a connector, remove the comment tags (<!-- and -->).

Specify the correct keystore filename and password in your connector configuration.
When you are done, your connector should look something like this:

Verify Installation

Test your SSL certificate by using a browser to connect to your server.
Use the https protocol directive. For example, if your
SSL was issued to secure.mysite.com, enter https://secure.mysite.com into
your browser.

Your browser's padlock icon will be displayed in the locked position if your certificate
is installed correctly and the server is properly configured for SSL.

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